You might also check and see if anyone else's water use is going to your meter.
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Toddson - Aug 31, 2011 10:16:38 am PDT #28778 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
smonster - Aug 31, 2011 12:20:03 pm PDT #28779 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
First, no water, now ALL the water.
inorite? Gotta go home and see if the meter spins when no one's using it. And thank heavens I'm not the homeowner!
Thanks, Toddson. I'm pretty sure it's not, but I'll check for odd pipes when I look at the meter tonight. It's weird though, a licensed plumber did $650 of repairs before I got my meter installed, and I talked to him today and confirmed that a) he fixed the one leak he found and b) that bill is insane.
sj - Aug 31, 2011 12:28:14 pm PDT #28780 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Smonster, I meant to say that bill definitely sounds insane. Although, I have never had to pay a water bill in any place I have rented.
Toddson - Aug 31, 2011 12:44:56 pm PDT #28781 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My electric bill's gone weird - it'd been going along, increasing more or less gradually, but pretty much in the same, er, vein. Then, in July, I got a bill for double my usual payment; I checked, and the hours were double. Now ... I suspect that something else is wired into my electric circuit - I've had problems with the one circuit in my apartment not being able to bear much in the way of electricity. To the point I once blew a fuse with three 60-watt lightbulbs and the TV. So, I figured I'd wait and see what the August bill was. Which was zero. Not only was my usage zero, but they're saying they owe me $5 and change. Very strange. I know Pepeco has been installing new meters, so I maybe that was it.
sj - Aug 31, 2011 12:50:35 pm PDT #28782 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Toddson, are you using an AC? Our electric bill always spikes sharply in July and August because of our window AC.
Toddson - Aug 31, 2011 12:53:03 pm PDT #28783 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
AC's on a different line and paid separately - at $65 per month for four months in a lump sum on June 1.
sj - Aug 31, 2011 1:12:48 pm PDT #28784 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Interesting jewelery line with steampunk and cyberpunk pieces.
Hil R. - Aug 31, 2011 1:27:07 pm PDT #28785 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
One of my students emailed me, essentially saying that he knows he did badly on the quiz today, and he wants me to tell him that everything's going to be OK.
Laga - Aug 31, 2011 1:48:05 pm PDT #28786 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Did you stroke his hair and hum, "there there"?
Nora Deirdre - Aug 31, 2011 2:08:30 pm PDT #28787 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
smonster, Tom suggested that perhaps Sousha is flushing the toilet all day long while you are away?